Personal posts
Posts on architecture, obsessions, photography, poems, visits to art exhibits, essays, family, and or things about me organized under art, home, and work.
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The Winners of Jackie Robinson West
Waiting for someone to do some real analysis of this. Here’s what I see, as a simple Chicagoan who shared in the immense joy of the success of these kids. The coach from Evergreen Park is a tiny, bitter, ugly little man All of these youth are from Chicago Geography is often destiny. We have…
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COLLABORATION STOCK PHOTOS: Image #1
Here’s the first photo from my conceptual art project, COLLABORATION STOCK PHOTOS, designed to recreate and propagate as many stock photos representing the word “collaboration” as possible. Here’s the original image: And here’s the re-creation: My approach on this one was simple re-creation, in part because we had the models, props, and venue at the…
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COLLABORATION STOCK PHOTOS (Shoot #1)
I’ve got the first shoot set for my new project, COLLABORATION STOCK PHOTOS. My goal is to recreate and propagate as many stock photos representing the word “collaboration” as possible. I will be attending the next meetup of Connect Chicago, a group devoted to people who work to bring public computer centers, community technology centers, and digital…
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Billie Jean-Induced Crying Jags
Like many of my agnates who were teenagers in the 1980s, I have a a long musical relationship with Michael Jackson. I appreciate him. And like most people all over the world, music is a nutty and mysterious trigger. Hearing AC/DC’s Hell’s Bells brings the scent of my friend Virgil’s 1980s basement space heater to my…
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Trip to Kansas City
Last week I traveled to Kansas City, MO for a conference. I had never been there before, and I always try to walk around and take photos to get a feel for a place whenever I visit it for the first time. Here’s a complete set of photos. The airport is Brutalist, which is cool,…